In reporting today’s cover story about the Brent Spence Bridge project, I asked several players on the issue why Kentucky’s legislature didn’t pass a key law to get the project to lift off, one that would allow a public-private partnership to build the bridge.

Mason City Council will meet tonight, and one topic might be whether members need to vote again on $34 million in incentives approved for Procter & Gamble Co. to build a massive new research and development center.